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Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the rickety mansion to seek her claim, she is frightened away β¦ by a wicked wave of ghosts. Determined to get her hands on this hidden fortune, she hires afterlife therapist Dr. James Harvey to exorcise the ghosts from the mansion. Harvey and his daughter Kat move in, and soon Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who's "the friendliest ghost you know." But not so friendly are Casper's uncles--Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie--who are determined to drive all "fleshies" away. Ultimately, it is up to Harvey and Kat to help the ghosts cross over to the other side. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyabsurdismsupernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powerinheritancegriefdrunkennessghostsurrealismfriendship |
Locations: | laboratorydesertbar |
Characters: | self referentiallawyerpriestfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | halloween partyghost of wifefriendly ghosttalking to a ghostghost costumebreakfast machinecaspersecret labmeowingbaseball glovesecret tunneltoy trainghostbusterstudio logo segues into filmsecret passageway β¦secret doorsledmiddle schoolsecret passagepart computer animationmainefriends who live togetherheirheiressbased on cartoonteasingtween girllast will and testamentspiral staircaseold dark houseforename as titlecartoon on tvlighthousenewspaper clippingdemonic possessionresurrectionchild's point of viewcameoback from the deadblockbustermad scientistfaintingheavy rainfalling down stairsfireplacespiritnewspaper headlinehaunted househauntinglightningangelwidowerbased on tv seriesdangernews reportno opening creditsmansionbased on comic bookhalloweenbased on comicfalling from heightswordshotgunchasepartytitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title (See All) |
Disney's animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle, the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enc β¦hanted. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmbased on cartoonspiral staircaseblockbusterheavy rainfalling down stairsfireplacelightningwidowerdangerno opening creditsfalling from heightswordchaseparty β¦title spoken by charactercharacter name in title (See All) |
Subgenre: | slapstick comedysupernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealismfriendship |
Locations: | laboratorybar |
Story: | ghostbustercameomad scientistfalling down stairshaunted househauntingdangernews reportno opening creditsmansionfalling from heightchasetitle spoken by characterone word title |
John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life, his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear, Ted.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyabsurdism |
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmcartoon on tvresurrectioncameoback from the deadheavy rainlightningfalling from heightchasepartytitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title |
The next installment in the blockbuster franchise, UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS follows Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) as she fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David (Theo James) and his father Thomas (Charles β¦ Dance), she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | laboratory |
Story: | secret passagewaysecret doorheirresurrectionback from the deadblockbusterheavy rainfalling down stairslightningdangerno opening creditsfalling from heightswordshotgunchase β¦party (See All) |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powergriefghostfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | lawyerpriestfather daughter relationship |
Story: | resurrectionback from the deadheavy rainlightningwidowernews reportchasetitle spoken by characterone word title |
Marvel's "Doctor Strange" follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions. Based in New York City's Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as a β¦n intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilising a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealism |
Locations: | desert |
Story: | resurrectioncameoback from the deadblockbusterheavy rainfalling down stairslightningno opening creditsmansionbased on comic bookfalling from heightswordchasetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess, whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powerghostsurrealismfriendship |
Locations: | laboratorydesert |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | heirdemonic possessionresurrectionback from the deadmad scientistlightningdangernews reportno opening creditsshotgunchase |
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyabsurdism |
Themes: | supernatural powerdrunkennesssurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmpart computer animationresurrectioncameoback from the deadblockbusterlightningdangerbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightswordchasetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
After Nick is murdered by his own partner, he joins the Rest in Peace Department to protect the world from the undeads. While working with his new partner, many undeads are seen gathering in Boston. Soon he realizes that someone close to him is behind all a plot to bring on the apocalypse.
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Story: | part computer animationback from the deadspiritnews reportno opening creditsbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightshotgunchasetitle spoken by character |
Johnny Blaze, a man who made a deal with the Devil who called himself Mephistopheles at the time (now Roarke), is on the run trying to make sure no-one is harmed by his alter ego, The Ghost Rider. He is approached by a Monk named Moreau who tells him that he can help be him free of the Rider, but fi β¦rst, he needs Johnny's help to protect a boy, whom Roarke has plans for, to help him take human form. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerdrunkennessghostsurrealism |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | demonic possessionresurrectionback from the deadspiritno opening creditsbased on comic bookswordshotgunchasetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Light Turner, a bright student, stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only by β¦ the alias L. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Story: | spiral staircaseold dark housenewspaper clippingcameoheavy rainfalling down stairsnewspaper headlinebased on tv seriesnews reportfalling from heightchasetitle spoken by character |
When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends β¦into a band of high-tech heroes called "Big Hero 6." (Read More)
Themes: | grieffriendship |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | self referentialfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | child's point of viewdangernews reportno opening creditsmansionbased on comic bookbased on comicchase |
A remake of the classic 1963 movie "The Haunting" about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated house. Through the course of the night some will unravel, some will question, and all will fight for their lives as the house fights back.
Themes: | supernatural powerghost |
Story: | talking to a ghostsecret doorspiral staircasefireplacespirithaunted househauntingmansion |
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacl β¦es, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealismfriendship |
Locations: | laboratorybar |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | toy traincameoblockbustermad scientistfalling down stairsnewspaper headlineno opening creditsbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightchasepartytitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title |
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Characters: | self referentialpriestteenager |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | resurrectionback from the deadheavy rainfireplacenewspaper headlinelightningdangernews reportmansionchasecharacter name in title |
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-o β¦r at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerdrunkennessghostsurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | secret passagewaysecret passagemainecartoon on tvfireplacebased on tv seriesno opening creditsmansionfalling from heightswordshotgunpartytitle spoken by character |
Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Pet β¦er Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again. (Read More)
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | baseball glovefriends who live togetherchild's point of viewblockbusterno opening creditsswordtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title |
After being trapped in a jungle board game for 26 years, a Man-Child wins his release from the game. But, no sooner has he arrived that he is forced to play again, and this time sets the creatures of the jungle loose on the city. Now it is up to him to stop them.
Themes: | surrealismfriendship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | friends who live togethertween girlblockbusterheavy rainfireplaceno opening creditsmansionshotguntitle spoken by characterone word title |
Set in Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, "Brave" features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty. Merida makes a reckless choice that unleashes unintended peril and forces her to spring into action to set things right.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | ghost |
Characters: | father daughter relationshipteenager |
Story: | heirheavy rainfalling down stairsfireplacespiritlightningno opening creditsswordchasetitle spoken by characterone word title |
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powerfriendshipsurrealism |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | part computer animationheirdemonic possessioncameoblockbusterfaintingfalling down stairsdangerfalling from heightswordchasetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
After super-villain Megamind (Ferrell) kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man (Pitt), he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Tighten (Hill), who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the firs β¦t time in his life. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | laboratory |
Story: | secret tunnelstudio logo segues into filmheavy rainlightningnews reportno opening creditsfalling from heighttitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title |
The warrior Thor (Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a vill β¦ain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | desertbar |
Story: | cameoblockbusterheavy rainfalling down stairslightningno opening creditsbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightswordtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title |
All 'Jay Baruchel' (qv) expected coming to LA was a fun time with 'Seth Rogen' (qv) with all the wild partying to have both by themselves and at 'James Franco' (qv)'s housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now, Jay and Seth are desperately sheltering in β¦ James' house for rescue along with a few other friends. Together, they must band together to attempt to survive the end of the world, only for Jay to find that they are all too dumb and superficial to do it until they discover the only way out. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Characters: | self referential |
Story: | demonic possessioncameofalling down stairsnews reportno opening creditsmansionfalling from heightshotgunchaseparty |
A new girl moves to a new city with her family to start a new life. She meets up with the girls who are very interested in the occult and together, the four of them have a seemingly unstopable power. They can do anything, from getting thier dream guys to like them to... the possibilities are limitle β¦ss. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerfriendshipsurrealism |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationshipteenager |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | heavy rainlightningnews reportmansionparty |
The Addams step out of 'Charles Addams' (qv)' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in the shark's son into the family as their long β¦ lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered? (Read More)
Themes: | inheritance |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | tween girlblockbusterbased on tv seriesmansionbased on comic bookhalloweencharacter name in title |
Everything seems to be going great for the Fantastic Four. Reed and Sue are finally getting married, and things couldn't seem better. However, when the mysterious Silver Surfer crashes things, they learn that they will have to deal with an old foe, and the powerful planet eating Galactus.
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | desertbar |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmresurrectionnewspaper headlinenews reportbased on comic bookfalling from heightchasecharacter name in title |
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. β¦When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. (Read More)
Themes: | ghostsurrealism |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | toy trainsecret doorsecret passagespiral staircaseold dark houseforename as titlefireplacelightningangeltitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word title |
Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no long β¦er wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | self referential |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmcartoon on tvcameoheavy rainlightningnews reportfalling from heightswordchasepartytitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, A β¦uguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | inheritancedrunkennessghostfriendship |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | heirlast will and testamentblockbusterlightningshotgunchasetitle spoken by characterone word title |
Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworl β¦d of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | supernatural power |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | based on cartoonresurrectionback from the deadbased on tv seriesno opening creditsbased on comic bookfalling from heightchasetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Batman, the costumed crime-fighter who prowls the night skies in Gotham City, soon finds there's another vigilante in town knocking off prominent mob figures. Despite the scythe-like blade for a hand, a mechanical voice and the cloud of smoke that follows the figure wherever it goes, the police and β¦outraged officials mistake the homicidal crusader for Batman himself and demand that the city's longtime hero be brought to justice. Meanwhile, Andrea Beaumont returns to town. She is the lost love of Bruce Wayne, the billionaire playboy who is Batman's alter ego, and was an integral part of Wayne's decision ten years earlier to don the cape and cowl. Now, she is back in his life and is no less a disruption than the return of his old archenemy, The Joker, who has a stake in seeing the annihilation of this new vigilante, whoever it proves to be. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | heirbased on cartoonheavy rainfireplacenewspaper headlinelightningbased on tv seriesmansionbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightswordshotgunchaseparty β¦character name in title (See All) |
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns at birth, three friends Moe, Larry and Curly spend their time eye poking and slapping each other all the day long. But when their orphanage suddenly goes bankrupt, the three Stooges set out to save it by journeying into the world to find a way to rais β¦e the money required. But their quest brings them into being used in a murder scheme and landing them into a popular reality show. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedyabsurdism |
Themes: | inheritancefriendship |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | cartoon on tvcameonews reportno opening creditsmansionfalling from heightchaseparty |
Clue is a movie about six guests, a butler, and a maid, who are all involved in the murders of six people. The guests all meet at Hill House, where you learn that Professor Plum works in D.C., where everyone else lives. Colonel Mustard is a client of Miss Scarlet, who is the ex-employer of Yvette, t β¦he maid, who had an affair with the husband of Mrs. White, etc. Blackmailer Mr. Boddy gives each guest a weapon and tells them to kill butler Wadsworth to avoid being exposed. Add in Mrs. Peacock's craziness and Mr. Green's clumsiness, and meet a whole group tangled in a web of murder, lies, and hilarity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Story: | secret tunnelsecret doorsecret passageold dark housefaintingheavy rainfalling down stairsfireplacelightningdangermansionone word title |
The Turtles continue to live in the shadows and no one knows they were the ones who took down Shredder. And Vernon is the one everyone thinks is the one who took Shredder down. April O'Neill does some snooping and learns a scientist named, Baxter Stockman is working for Shredder. He plans to break h β¦im out while he's being transported. April tells the turtles who try to stop it but can't. Stockman tries to teleport Shredder but he some how ends up in another dimension and meets a warlord named Krang who instructs Shredder to assemble a teleportation device he sent to Earth a long time ago. He gives Shredder some mutagen which he uses to transform two criminals who were also in the transport with him, Rock Steady and Bebop into mutants. And they set out to find the device. April saw the transformation while investigating Stockman, She would take the mutagen and she would be chased by Shredder's minions, the Foot Clan. He is saved by a man named Casey Jones who was the one who transporting Shredder. The Turtles show up and they try to work together. In the melee the mutagen ends up with the police. Knowing Shredder will try and get it back, April tries to get it first she asks Vern to help. Eventually she and Casey are arrested. The Turtles get the mutagen and Donatello analyzes it learns it could make them human, which he tells Leonardo who tells him to forget it and not to tell the others. But Michelangelo tells Raphael who feels that Leonardo doesn't respect them. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealismfriendship |
Locations: | laboratorybar |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | part computer animationbased on cartooncameoblockbustermad scientistnewspaper headlinebased on tv seriesnews reportno opening creditsbased on comic bookhalloweenbased on comicfalling from heightswordshotgun β¦chaseparty (See All) |
It feels good to be bad...Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has deter β¦mined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself? (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Locations: | laboratorybar |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | spiral staircasecameoblockbusterheavy rainnewspaper headlinelightningdangerno opening creditsbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightswordshotguntitle spoken by character |
Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war t β¦o end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powerdrunkennesssurrealism |
Locations: | laboratory |
Story: | blockbustermad scientistfireplacenewspaper headlinelightningdangerno opening creditsbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightswordshotgunchasepartycharacter name in title |
Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join f β¦orces with a group of Shadow Hunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealismfriendship |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | secret tunnelspiral staircasedemonic possessionheavy rainlightningangelfalling from heightswordchaseparty |
A remake of the television series, Matthew Broderick stars as Gadget, who suffers an accident at the beginning of the film, and befriends Brenda, a robotic surgeon who repairs Gadget so that he can defeat the villain Claw. In the meantime, Gadget and Brenda fall in love.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Story: | based on cartooncartoon on tvback from the deadblockbusternewspaper headlinebased on tv serieschasepartytitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powergriefsurrealism |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmresurrectionback from the deadheavy rainfireplacedangerno opening creditsswordchasecharacter name in title |
The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including Kaulder, β¦ a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful Queen Witch, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen curses Kaulder with her own immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today Kaulder is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to Kaulder, the Queen Witch is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | secret doorold dark houseresurrectionback from the deadheavy rainlightningno opening creditsfalling from heightswordshotgun |
After the Kingsman headquarters are blown up by a psychotic criminal named Poppy Adams. The surviving agents find their way to an allied secret organisation based in Kentucky, named Statesman. The two agencies must now work together in order to save the world and take down the so called 'Golden Circ β¦le'. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdism |
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | laboratorybar |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | resurrectioncameoback from the deadfireplacedangernews reportno opening creditsmansionbased on comic bookbased on comicshotgunchasetitle spoken by character |
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluc β¦tant protege. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice. (Read More)
Themes: | supernatural powersurrealism |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | spiral staircasedemonic possessionresurrectionback from the deadfaintingheavy rainfireplacelightningfalling from heightswordchase |
Through contact with a mysterious substance, called Ooze, 4 little turtles in the canalization of New York mutate to giant turtles. They can speak, walk upright and love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to Ninja fighters. Their arch-enemy is the bad, bad guy Shredd β¦er, who struggles to gain power over the world. Of course the ninja turtles will do everything to stop him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendshipsurrealism |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | old dark housecartoon on tvblockbusterbased on tv seriesbased on comic bookfalling from heightsword |
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomo β¦rrowland." (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | laboratory |
Characters: | self referentialfather daughter relationship |
Story: | secret passagewaymad scientistheavy rainfalling down stairswidowerdangernews reportno opening creditsfalling from heightchasetitle spoken by characterone word title |
Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles' "The Daily Sentinel" after the sudden death of his father. Britt's party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of f β¦ighting crime as the masked superhero "The Green Hornet". (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Story: | heircameonewspaper headlinebased on tv seriesnews reportno opening creditsmansionbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightpartytitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that affects young visitors in very strange ways. Fred, Daphn β¦e, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby soon realize that they cannot solve this mystery without help from each other. (Read More)
Themes: | ghostsurrealism |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | studio logo segues into filmpart computer animationbased on cartoondemonic possessionspiritbased on tv seriespartycharacter name in title |
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, β¦ they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | self referentialfather daughter relationship |
Story: | cameospiritbased on tv seriesnews reportno opening creditsfalling from heightshotgunchasepartytitle spoken by character |
John Constantine is approached by Det. Angela Dodson who needs his help to prove that her twin sister Isabel's death was not a suicide. The dead woman was a devout Catholic and Angela refuses to accept she would have taken her own life. She's asked Constantine for help because he has a reputation fo β¦r dealing with the mystical. In fact, he is a demon hunter whose sole purpose on Earth is to send demons back to the nether regions. John himself has been to Hell and knows that he is destined to return there on his death - but hopes his good deeds may find him a place in Heaven. As he looks into Isabel's death, he realizes demons are trying to break through to the human world, and his battles lead him into a direct conflict with Satan. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | supernatural powerdrunkennesssurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | priest |
Story: | cartoon on tvdemonic possessionback from the deadangelbased on comic bookbased on comicfalling from heightshotgunchasetitle spoken by characterone word title |
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side; he has unleashed a reign of terror on the good people of Gotham. Edwar β¦d Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler he perfects a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce Wayne's knowledge of his other identity. Batman/Wayne is/are the love focus of Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin the Boy Wonder. (Read More)
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | friends who live togethercartoon on tvblockbustermad scientistfalling down stairsfireplacenews reportmansionbased on comic bookhalloweenfalling from heightpartycharacter name in title |